That day he received a grim report of both.
Fewer recruits will mean more stress on those now in uniform and more grim reports reaching hometowns across America.
Although wreckage and intense heat prevented them from fully exploring the damaged area, they returned with a grim report.
But after endless grim reports, the news here in the last few weeks has been surprisingly upbeat.
Their scientists calculated the force of the explosion for Loge, and they gave a grim report.
Indeed, auto makers issued another grim report today, saying sales were down 13.4 percent for the first 10 days of this month.
As such grim reports from the outside world infiltrated the media bubble, there was much public and private soul-searching.
This is cancer," she said, tempering her grim report with, "But you're very lucky.
He offered the communicator to the younger man, who Scott knew was the appropriate bearer of their grim report.
Understandably, no one wanted a frivolous Persian Gulf routine following grim reports on the news.